Global news and world events
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV on Sunday delivered his first message to crowds in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City when he welcomed the ceasefire agreement reached between India and Pakistan, amid tensions escalating between the two warring neighbours following the Pahalgam terror attack.
Bangladesh's interim government on Saturday banned ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
US President Donald Trump on Saturday wrote on his social media handle that India and Pakistan have agreed to a 'full and immediate ceasefire'.
Washington DC/IBNS: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a loan of $1 billion to Pakistan, which is currently engaged in an unprovoked conflict with India in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, media reports said.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday spoke with Pakistan's Army Chief General Asim Munir and asked India and Pakistan to find ways to de-escalate.
Washington DC/IBNS: Amid a heightened escalation between India and Pakistan, the White House on Friday said that US President Donald Trump wants the conflict to “de-escalate as quickly as possible”.
A 47-year-old man has been charged with the alleged murder of an Indian-origin man in the British city of Derby.
A 47-year-old man has been charged with the alleged murder of an Indian-origin man in the British city of Derby.
A prominent Balochi writer Mir Yar Baloch has claimed that Balochistan's independence from Pakistan amid the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan which spiralled following the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22.
Vice President JD Vance on Thursday said the US would not intervene in the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan that has escalated further in recent times after gunmen attacked and killed 26 people, mostly non-Muslim tourists, in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.
Vice President JD Vance on Thursday said the US would not intervene in the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan that has escalated further in recent times after gunmen attacked and killed 26 people, mostly non-Muslim tourists, in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.
US Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected in a surprise choice as the new leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, taking the name Leo XIV, becoming the first American pontiff.
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has failed to provide any concrete evidence to back his claim of downing five Indian fighter jets which were used during Operation Sindoor and instead turned to social media posts for citation.
Lahore/IBNS: Multiple blasts were heard in Pakistan's Lahore a day after the Indian Army avenged the Pahalgam terror attack with Operation Sindoor that decimated nine terrorist camps in Pak-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and beyond, media reports said.
Washington DC/IBNS: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he wants the India-Pakistan confrontation to end after New Delhi avenged the deadly Pahalgam terror attack with Operation Sindoor in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and beyond.
Islamabad/IBNS: Following the Indian armed forces' missile strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK), Islamabad and Rawalpindi have decided to shut down their airspace completely.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday shared a video which showed the Markaz Subhan Allah camp in Pakistan's Bahawalpur, the headquarters of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, was reportedly turned into rubble after India conducted Operation Sindoor against terrorist camps located across the border.
Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif appears to soften his stance, hours after India conducted Operation Sindoor and targeted terror camps located across the border, and said his nation is ready to 'wrap up' the tension if India backs down.
At least 10 family members and four aides of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, a UN-designated global terrorist, were killed in the military action conducted by the Indian Armed Forces in the Bahawalpur region of Pakistan.
The UN chief has expressed deep concern over Indian military operations across the Line of Control and the international border with Pakistan and asked both the nuclear-armed neighbours to maintain military restraint.
China on Wednesday called India's military operation, named Operation Sindoor' that targeted terrorist camps at various locations inside Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) 'regrettable'.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said he is monitoring the situation between India and Pakistan 'closely', hours after the Indian Army conducted Operation Sindoor and targeted terrorist camps at various locations inside Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK).
At least seven Pakistani paramilitary soldiers were killed and five others injured in a homemade bomb attack on a convoy in southwestern Balochistan province on Wednesday, media reports said.
At least 10 people died after four tourist boats capsized in China's Guizhou Province on Sunday.
Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das has been shown arrested by a Chittagong court in four more cases filed with Kotwali Police Station over clashes, vandalism and attacks on cops on the court building premises last year.
Former Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, a political rival of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina, on Tuesday arrived in Dhaka city after undergoing treatment in the UK.
At least three people died, and seven others went missing after a small boat capsized off the coast near San Diego, California, US, officials said on Tuesday.
Washington DC/IBNS: US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson has backed India in its effort to counter terrorism in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, media reports said.
New York/IBNS: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members grilled Islamabad over the Pahalgam terror attack, nuclear rhetoric and missile tests amid the simmering tension between India and Pakistan, media reports said.
An Indian-origin student, who was just weeks away from graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, USA, was left paralysed from her waist down after falling from the balcony while attending a fraternity house party last month.
Get the latest news delivered to your inbox
Connect with us on social media
